Ladakh 2012: India Study Away Exhibition
(Not the greatest quality image...)
Flipping through the pages of my journal, I realized that I wrote about the mountains in almost every entry. In such a solemn place like India, you are destined to think about your place in the world and the creator of it all. Like the American geologist we bumped into, fascinated by the science of rocks, I became fascinated by what the mountains stood for. The scale of the giant rocks reminded me of God. Man’s attempt to conquer the Himalayan Mountains, like a herd of wild horses- unable to tame. Created by the hands of God himself, the mountains placed religion into thought.
While driving up and through the mountains, I made a stack of rocks during a pit stop and made a wish. I wished for an honest life to a God that I consistently doubt to believe exists.
What does it mean to say you are a spiritual person? Growing up in a Catholic home, I was taught that through the salvation of Jesus Christ, you are saved. Saved from what? I have now seen monks devoted to their practice, temples that pray to multiple gods, stupas, mosques, Sidkh’s who preach about being good to your wife, and after experiencing all of these people who believe their convictions to be true, it has come down to this: In the end, all religions glorify the same, One God.
While driving up and through the mountains, I made a stack of rocks during a pit stop and made a wish. I wished for an honest life to a God that I consistently doubt to believe exists.
how to.com: firsthand butchery
video stills
There is a certain kind of ethic and compassion that goes along with the butchering of animals that has been overlooked. Dead is not just dead; it is death, the end of a life. The purpose of this project is not a political stance towards eating meat but is an experiment: Can we kill what we eat?
To view full video: http://vimeo.com/40788991
Video By: Nate Grann and Rebekah Purcell
Edited By: Joan Oh
There is a certain kind of ethic and compassion that goes along with the butchering of animals that has been overlooked. Dead is not just dead; it is death, the end of a life. The purpose of this project is not a political stance towards eating meat but is an experiment: Can we kill what we eat?
To view full video: http://vimeo.com/40788991
Video By: Nate Grann and Rebekah Purcell
Edited By: Joan Oh
a cache of memory
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| 4x6 prints, archival boxes |
Displayed are boxes of photographs reproduced from my hard drive. Organized and titled as each pictures folder, I have printed out every single image and placed them in individual boxes that represent each folder. The reproduction of a virtual reality into a tangible, physical existence examines and comments on the actual space photographs hold. These boxes are in a physical realm that takes up space much like the capacity images take up on my hard drive. However, digital storage has reduced the amount of physical space that objects once consumed. There are approximately 750 images in these boxes, and that in virtual reality, hardly takes up any space, which raises the question: How much are we actually carrying with us?
collecting the forgotten: out of date library cards
accumulating what is so often overlooked
Bar-code stickers have superseded library cards. I would have enjoyed knowing who borrowed the book before me. An imaginary book discussion comes to mind.
Bar-code stickers have superseded library cards. I would have enjoyed knowing who borrowed the book before me. An imaginary book discussion comes to mind.
dianosis: identifying mental illnesses
There are many different facets to human behavior and personality that become classified
as a mental disorder. Depicted here are a few of the most commonly recognized illnesses:
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Insomnia
Bipolar Disorder
Depression
Autism
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
In this series, I have cut images against one another, carefully arranging them to create a
curious blend of compositions. By constructing these images without any human element,
the objects depicted in each photograph become direct symbols of each disorder.
as a mental disorder. Depicted here are a few of the most commonly recognized illnesses:
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Insomnia
Bipolar Disorder
Depression
Autism
Body Dysmorphic Disorder
In this series, I have cut images against one another, carefully arranging them to create a
curious blend of compositions. By constructing these images without any human element,
the objects depicted in each photograph become direct symbols of each disorder.
